Digital BW, The Print

Still the same problem with midtone bronzing that I  
> ran into earlier, but this time I was able to minimize the bronzing  
> with two good coats of Kamar (Is there a comparable product that  
> doesn't have the obnoxious odor?). 

Carl,

I don't know much about spray coats but I wonder how they may affect  print 
stability down the line. I don't know of any fade tests that include top coats. 
However, they are the only way to address bronzing for now - smelly or 
otherwise.



 I noticed that you had the ink  
> limits for lt cyan and lt magenta set quite low in the ISP profile.  In  
> my earlier profile attempts with ISP I had the limits up around 10 to  
> 11 and that may have exacerbated the bronzing somewhat. 


There could be other tricks too, that I didn't try: Bringing the black up towards 
the mid tones will require less total ink in those regions. Whether dots will start 
appearing or not is up to the fine droplets of the 2200. But if you are willing to 
play, that would be worth experimenting with - short of that second gray ink 
we've all been wishing for.

Also, you can make a "warm" profile by zeroing out the 2 color inks and 
blending with OPM.



 the  
> Kamar varnish kicked up the dmax about 0.15 units and I'm wondering if  
> I should re-linearize the profile after the varnishing.

Yes, I would say so. You may gain a small benefit in shadow separation by 
redistributing your densities based on aims for the new dmax. Did you hit 2.5 
coated?


Antonis